Ahh My mistake ! Yes he was driving not walking!.
But the whole artical seems a bit harsh.I wonder if she done a wobbly? BIB dont like it up em!

Well she did start vaping directly in front of some of the BIB, so making her breaking the law extremely obvious.

Most likely her rejection of the amount of the instant fine was rather positive (the wobbly I guess) rather than trying to negotiate a smaller amount.
And seems to have tried the "I didn't know " route which never works and is usually a bad move, so she now has a criminal record and a deportation. In hindsight she probably would have done better to have paid the €1,100 or tried negotiated it down. I hope she has learned from her experience "that when in Rome do as the Romans do" is wise way to act.

Any discussion of the correctness of the law is not really relevant to her case.